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Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Internal Communications and Science Systems Lead- Carried out integration testing of 10 internal communications systems, including: > Public address and general alarm > VoIP telephones, self-powered telephones > Network, data distribution and logging > Closed circuit television system > Entertainment audio/video distribution system- Carried out integration testing of 14 oceanographic science systems and 4 support systems, including: > Scientific sounders > Seabed mappers > Current profilers > Sub-bottom profiler > Ultra-short baseline system > Moving vessel profiler- Interfaced with customer to provide detailed production and installation guidance.- Supported development of design report, logical block diagrams, equipment layout drawings, cable drawings, and cable termination details.

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

- Managed the OOSV systems engineering team (>10 resources) during the Functional Design (FD) phase.- Performed Work Package Management (WPM) activities.- Defined schedule, priorities, and scope of work.- Ensured team was staffed appropriately to accomplish the required work.- Provided guidance on processes, practices, and tools required to conduct engineering activities.- Ensured technical work products were complete, correct, consistent, and of high quality.- Organized technical review meetings.- Interfaced with the prime contractor and customer to provide support to work being carried out by other partners.

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Science Systems Lead- Coordinated team of engineers to progress design and procurement of 14 oceanographic science systems and 4 support systems, including: > Scientific sounders > Seabed mappers > Current profilers > Sub-bottom profiler > Ultra-short baseline system > Moving vessel profiler- Interfaced with customer to understand and evolve Construction Specification (CS) requirements.- Prepared System/Subsystem Specification (SSS), Technical Performance Specifications (TPSs), Statements of Work (SOWs), Requests for Proposal (RFPs), and Requests for Quote (RFQs).- Supported development of design report, logical block diagrams, and equipment layout drawings.- Investigated and addressed open issues pertaining to acoustic system interoperability, acoustic system performance, acoustic transducer arrangement, and compartment equipment arrangement.

Architecture Engineer- Coordinated updates to system design document, equipment and interface lists, and architecture drawings- Evaluated impacts of design changes introduced by partner organizations- Resolved inter-system design issues- Acted as primary Point of Contact (POC) with ship design agentEMI/EMC Lead- Acted as Subject Matter Expert (SME) for Electromagnetic Interference and Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMI/EMC) specialty engineering work- Coordinated Topside Tiger Team to rapidly address topside equipment and EMI/EMC issues and risks- Supported work on topside layout, including mast design and antenna arrangement- Acted as primary POC with EMI/EMC consultant- Supported preparing EMI/EMC consultant Statement of Work (SOW)- Prepared Basis of Estimates (BOEs) to support cost and scheduling of future work.- Provided input to Integrated Master Schedule (IMS)- Reported progress on discrete tasks using Earned Value Management (EVM)- Reviewed Verification Cross-Reference Matrix (VCRM) verification approach- Evaluated requirement compliance- Authored system architecture report on weatherdeck cable penetrationsCommunications System Deputy SME- Supported bid analysis and selection of potential vendors- Collaborated on preliminary design document- Participated in Technical Interchange Meetings (TIMs) with vendor- Travelled to vendor facility for technical and program management meetings- Supported derivation of System/Subsystem Specification (SSS)

Data Management System Product Line- Developed video distribution and recording architecture for an airborne Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) data management system product line- Wrote Statement of Work (SOW) and Product Functional Specification (PFS) for a small form factor processing unit and performed trade study to select most appropriate supplier- Acted as lead author on three software component Software Requirements Specification (SRS) documents

Tactical Flight Management IPT Lead- Coordinated a team of systems, software, test, and specialty engineers through system design, software development, and test execution phases of the tactical flight management capability for an airborne ISR data management system- Coordinated a team of software engineers to rapidly correct software defects in preparation for a test execution phaseTactical Flight Management SE- Developed detailed system design documents for an airborne ISR data management system, which acted as a detailed guide for software and test case development- Presented high level preliminary designs to the customer and obtained customer buy-in for the technical solution and testing approach- Wrote and executed system and software integration and test procedures- Authored system and software requirements and performed requirements analysis for traceability and coverage

Ottawa, Canada

- Created user interface using MATLAB for an in-flight aerodynamic mathematical model generator- Designed ground thrust test procedure and performed analysis on resulting data for an in-flight thrust mathematical model generator- Calibrated flight test data acquisition system using LabVIEW on a Sikorsky S76 helicopter- Developed aerodynamic mathematical model to predict the aerodynamic effects of ice buildup on fixed wing aircraft

Master Of Engineering (M.Eng.), Engineering Management

Bachelor Of Engineering (B.Eng.), Aerospace Electronics And Systems

Senate Medal for Outstanding Academic Achievement Richard Lewar Prestige Scholarship Graduated with High Distinction Co-operative.